Education research is a complex endeavour involving several different methodological approaches. This course aims to provide students with an introduction to the ontological, epistemological, methodological and axiological perspectives which underlie quantitative and qualitative methodological approaches, with special reference to ESD. It is divided into three parts. In the first part, the course focuses on the needs and priorities of ESD research, the nature and role of research, an examination of the processes and procedures involved in qualitative and quantitative research and the principles of research quality.  In the second part, the course focuses on issues concerned with the analysis of quantitative and qualitative research. In this part, it also introduces the software package SPSS. The third part deals with the issues of interpretation, reporting and research dissemination. The course is structured in a way that also integrates the process of writing a research proposal. This overriding goal of this course is to help participants understand the theoretical and methodological traditions that guide contemporary quantitative and qualitative research in the field of ESD. 

  

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